Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11470 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

weaknedweakened

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 1,549 times in 888 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,549 of 1,560)
Reach if approved: ~1,639 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: weakened
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,560 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,549 changes in 888 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,549)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the heart is made more hard, and the knowledge and the authority of it weaknedweakened and leſſened, as all power is, when contemned and reſiſted, Rom. 1. 21. their fooliſh heart …
With rule
… the heart is made more hard, and the knowledge and the authority of it weaknedweakened and leſſened, as all power is, when contemned and reſiſted, Rom. 1. 21. their fooliſh heart …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeuerity of Dauid, to ſhut vp theſe outrages in bloud; Now this diſpleaſure was weaknedweakened with age: Time and thoughts haue digeſted this hard morſell; Dauids heart told him …
With rule
… ſeuerity of Dauid, to ſhut vp theſe outrages in bloud; Now this diſpleaſure was weaknedweakened with age: Time and thoughts haue digeſted this hard morſell; Dauids heart told him …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into their Temples; but the true cauſe was, the Eaſt Empire beganne to be weaknedweakened vnder the Emperour Heraclius, by the Solauonians, Perſians, Saracens, as Nicholas Machiauel obſerueth in …
With rule
… into their Temples; but the true cauſe was, the Eaſt Empire beganne to be weaknedweakened vnder the Emperour Heraclius, by the Solauonians, Perſians, Saracens, as Nicholas Machiauel obſerueth in …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in their ſpirit with the ſenſe and feeling of their ſinnes; how others are weaknedweakened in their eſtate with loſſes & croſſes in the world; how others languiſh in their …
With rule
… in their ſpirit with the ſenſe and feeling of their ſinnes; how others are weaknedweakened in their eſtate with loſſes & croſſes in the world; how others languiſh in their …
Richard Maden · Christs Love and Affection Towards Jerusalem · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall finde by faith the Kingdome of sinne & Satan, in his heart and conscience, weaknedweakened euery day more and more. And therefore S. Iohn saith not without cause, This …
With rule
… shall finde by faith the Kingdome of sinne & Satan, in his heart and conscience, weaknedweakened euery day more and more. And therefore S. Iohn saith not without cause, This …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 464 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is nothing that weakneth sinne indeede, but to loue GOD; whatsoeuer sinne is weaknedweakened by other meanes then by loue to GOD, by turning the heart to him …
With rule
… there is nothing that weakneth sinne indeede, but to loue GOD; whatsoeuer sinne is weaknedweakened by other meanes then by loue to GOD, by turning the heart to him …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… edifice followeth after. When but a miniſter ſhrinketh, the faith of many is much weaknedweakened. But (dearly beloued) be not deceaued. Al ſhould be pillars firme and ſtrong, that …
With rule
… edifice followeth after. When but a miniſter ſhrinketh, the faith of many is much weaknedweakened. But (dearly beloued) be not deceaued. Al ſhould be pillars firme and ſtrong, that …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… greatest apostacies to vanish like a Cloud, and to be forgotten. Though sinne have weaknedweakened the Law, that we cannot be saved by that; yet it hath not weaknedweakened …
With rule
… greatest apostacies to vanish like a Cloud, and to be forgotten. Though sinne have weaknedweakened the Law, that we cannot be saved by that; yet it hath not weaknedweakened …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 442 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 30. weak is thine heart] WeaknedWeakened and melted in spirituall lust, which worketh the same effect in the souls, as …
With rule
V. 30. weak is thine heart] WeaknedWeakened and melted in spirituall lust, which worketh the same effect in the souls, as …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms A45442

Printed
V. 23. WeaknedWeakened] From the different acceptions of foreign for answering and afflicting, and by reading foreign for foreign, the …
With rule
V. 23. WeaknedWeakened] From the different acceptions of foreign for answering and afflicting, and by reading foreign for foreign, the …
Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · p. 505 · Open in the reader
Printed
WeaknedWeakened pag. 505. col. 1
With rule
WeaknedWeakened pag. 505. col. 1
Henry Hammond · Paraphrase Upon the Books of the Psalms · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

Printed
V. 23. WeaknedWeakened] From the different acceptions of foreign for anſwering and afflicting, and by reading foreign for foreign, the …
With rule
V. 23. WeaknedWeakened] From the different acceptions of foreign for anſwering and afflicting, and by reading foreign for foreign, the …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy Way 5 5 19 2 wicked Way 139 24 385 2 Way everlaſting Ib. Ways of the Lord 138 5 381 2 Ways of them 84 5 241 1 WeaknedWeakened 102 23 288 2 as a child that is Weaned 131 2 371 2 not We 100 3 282 2 mingled my drink with Weeping 102 9 287 1 Weigh …
With rule
… thy Way 5 5 19 2 wicked Way 139 24 385 2 Way everlaſting Ib. Ways of the Lord 138 5 381 2 Ways of them 84 5 241 1 WeaknedWeakened 102 23 288 2 as a child that is Weaned 131 2 371 2 not We 100 3 282 2 mingled my drink with Weeping 102 9 287 1 Weigh …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · Open in the reader